7:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen The world’s best male players are getting younger but, as the likes of Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland, Barcelona‘s Pedri and Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden make headlines every week, is it finally time to crown successors to the legendary Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo? 2 Related For the fourth
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4:32 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ralf Rangnick has proposed that the Manchester United squad vote on whether they want Harry Maguire to stay on as captain next season. Maguire was installed as skipper by former boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer shortly after his £80 million move from Leicester in 2019. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on
2:42 AM ET Associated Press The Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns FC celebrate after a Peace Charity Match at Providence Park. Yellow won 4-3. Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY Sports PORTLAND, Ore. — The final score didn’t matter in the end. Major League Soccer‘s Portland Timbers and the Portland Thorns of the National Women’s Soccer League joined forces
10:48 PM ET Cesar Hernandez Luis Gerardo Chavez #20 of Mexico fights for the ball with Carlos Mejia #6 of Guatemala during Wednesday’s friendly match at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. Getty Images An experimental Mexico team was held to a scoreless stalemate by Guatemala in a friendly Wednesday at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium. Despite
1:22 AM ET Juan Ignacio Dinenno scored a brace in Pumas’ 2-2 with the Seattle Sounders. Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images Nicolas Lodeiro converted two second-half penalties, including one in the ninth minute of stoppage time, to lift the Seattle Sounders to a 2-2 draw against Pumas UNAM on Wednesday at Mexico City in the first leg of
5:05 AM ET Tobin Heath has left Arsenal by mutual consent with three matches of the season remaining. Photo by ANP via Getty Images U.S. women’s national team striker Tobin Heath has been released from her contract at Arsenal, the club announced on Thursday. Both parties have agreed for Heath to leave the club early after
Apr 26, 2022 Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber’s long-held aspiration for the league to grow into one of the best in the world has always felt more like a bit than a worthwhile pursuit. In 2011, he went on the record saying he expected that degree of growth to happen over the following 10
5:46 PM ET LIVERPOOL, England — Don’t be fooled by the narrow margin of the scoreline. Liverpool‘s 2-0 victory over Villarreal at Anfield was the most one-sided semifinal you are likely to see and could and should have been so much more for the six-time European champions. But 2-0 may well be more than enough
6:54 PM ET Villarreal coach Unai Emery was relieved that his side will go into the second leg of their Champions League semifinal with Liverpool with only a 2-0 deficit after their defensive gameplan backfired at Anfield. Liverpool had looked frustrated in the first half as Villarreal manned the barricades but the hosts got their
3:00 PM ET The United States men’s national team will play fellow World Cup participant Uruguay in a friendly on June 5 at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. The exhibition at the home venue of Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City is the second of a four-game stretch that includes two friendlies